WELSH REGIMENT WW1 KIA BOER WAR QSA MEDAL 6566 PRIVATE JOE FISHER 1ST BATTALION

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WELSH REGIMENT WW1 KIA BOER WAR QSA MEDAL 6566 PRIVATE JOE FISHER 1ST BATTALION

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, impressed named 6566 PTE J. FISHER. WELSH REGT. Sold with copied roll extracts and casualty details.

Joe Fisher served with the 1st Battalion The Welsh Regiment in South Africa and is confirmed on the roll with the Queen’s Medal and three clasps. He was recalled to the Colours for active service during the Great War, again with the Welsh Regiment. Landing in France in January 1915, Fisher was killed in action a little over one month later on 17 February; having no known grave, he is commemorated on Panel 37 of the Menin Gate Memorial.